Minutes of Club Meeting #1003 - April 22, 2016

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:31 - 8:43 pm

Theme: Good things come to those who wait

Word of the day: Quaff
Meaning: To drink heartily
Usage: He quaffed down the wine like it was water

ATTENDEES

CLUB OFFICERS

Esther Roshini Chandy       SERGEANT AT ARMS

Raghunandan Damle          SECRETARY

Varun Dev                          VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

Joseph Dass                      VP MEMBERSHIP

APOLOGIES:

Mahaveer Jain                    TREASURER

Prakash Tamhankar            VP EDUCATION

Cherian Thomas                  PRESIDENT

MEMBERS (29)

Ankit Kumar

Ashish Varghese

Ayyasamy Chinnaiyan

Bhavana Jha

Godfrey Soans

Guruprasad

Jay Agrawal

Karunakar Dev

Lalith Dhanush Tallam

Lokesh Murthy V

Mahesh Vittal Rao

Melvyn Smith

Muralidhar Govindarao Adamane

Payal Pankaj Bhulani

Praveen Kumar

Rahul Bhuyan

Robinson D’Souza

Sanjana OJ

Sathvik Shetty

Shilpa Samuel

Srija Jampana

Srinivas Akella

Srinivasa V Kumar

Swati Panda

Vichur Umakanth

Vijay Anand

Vijay Vasudev Kalkundri

Vikram Ramalingam R

Vinay Venkataramana

20 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY   Joseph Dass

TABLE TOPICS MASTER          Karunakar Dev

GENERAL EVALUATOR            Lalith Dhanush

TIMER                                      Srinivasa Kumar

AH COUNTER                           Ayyasamy Chinnaiyan

GRAMMARIAN                         Jay Agrawal

Note: To view meeting videos click on this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15_t7PD1SLk&list=PLvldYcmG1bV7c1HNylPAHcY4kN6q0rk1z&index=1

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

The secretary, Raghunandan Damle, read out the minutes of the previous meeting, which were passed.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Muralidhar Adamane delivered project 1 – The Ice Breaker – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was evaluated by Robinson D’Souza.

Ashish Varghese delivered project 3 – Get to the Point – from the Competent Communicator manual, titled ‘I am waiting’. His speech was evaluated by Bhavana Jha.

Varun Dev presented an educational session on Meeting Roles and Responsibilities from the Successful Club Series. His speech was evaluated by Godfrey Soans.

TABLE TOPICS

Ashresh (guest): Now is the watchword of the wise

Vijay Anand: One’s best fortune or their worst is their spouse

Sathvik Shetty: Old wine and friends improve with age

Ankit Kumar: All things grow with time except grief

Shilpa Samuel: Do not employ handsome servants

Prabhat (guest): Speak and the man shall be known

Payal Bhulani: A reconciled friend is a double enemy

Vikram Ramalingam: A good lawyer is a bad neighbour

Srinivas Akella: Silent men are like still water – deep and dangerous

Vijay Kalkundri: When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window

Srija Jampana: Never find fault with the absent

Mahesh Rao: Big mouthfuls often choke

Rahul Bhuyan: After the game the king and the pawn go in the same box

AWARDS

Best Role Taker – Karunakar Dev

Best Table Topics Speaker – Vijay Anand (received by Lalith)

Well Done & Best Speaker – Muralidhar Adamane

ADJOURNMENT

The Presiding Officer, VP-Membership Joseph Dass adjourned the meeting at 8:43 pm.

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